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Originally posted by UDGreek
II am not trying to start an argument, but you have said that chapters exist to exist and not to have goals per se. According to four chapters that are on the campus of the University of Delaware and very well-known chapters, their national mission statements state ideas and purposes similar to what the "Plan" as you have said is enforcing you to follow. Isn't your national chapter enforcing these guidelines to follow? I know for a fact while I was a member of my organization, that we had national representatives visit our chapter to ensure that we were living up to the high ideals of our organization. As a Vice President of my organization, I remember having to fill out various forms and send them to our national headquarters stating the activities we completed in the semester as well as our grade reports. Through this Delaware Plan, they are only actually helping you to fullfill your obligations as an active member of an organization on the campus and to ensure that through the various activities you are participating in, there are little to no risk factors involved.
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the point is that the national HQs should be the ones enforcing the goals of their org.
Say that (example) Kappa Sig puts a very high priority on community service. They don't care if their members donate one dime to their or any philanthropy - as long as they are doing hands on community service they are fine. This is appreciated by chapters who don't have lots of members or funds.
UD puts a provision in their plan that says to get X amount of points, you must make a yearly donation of $$$ to your philanthropy. The Kappa Sig chapter there never has and their nationals are cool with it - but UD is not. They get scored low in the philanthropy area - even though they are meeting the goals of their org as their org has set them forth.